Switching allegiances
Many of us have those spiritual punctuation marks in our lives that allow for remembering beyond mere recollection. They serve as points of return, refocus and reorientation. At least they …
Don’t apologize
We were warned to not go along with the crowd. By the very people we just watched go along with the crowd. Their overwhelming support of a strategic assault on …
A political guide to white Christian support
Here is a simple and proven three-step guide for politicians seeking the support of hordes of white professing Christians. It is very effective. First, create enemies out of vulnerable people. …
A Sunday afternoon: imagined
Sunday afternoon gatherings of extended family — and a friend or two who might need a family — had no firm starting time. Factors included the length of the sermon …
Why are professing Christians drawn to ideologies that contrast with Jesus’ teachings?
Hard yet important questions of faith don’t often surface where they should. In fact, church buildings often provide the safest rooms for elephants to gather incognito. Ignoring such questions, however, …
What if Jesus came to live — and so did we?
A major distraction from following Jesus — the primary calling of the Christian faith, supposedly — is how and how much attention is given to Jesus’ death — with an …
When the pathway stops glowing
In the golden days of hymns we sang, “We will follow the steps of Jesus where’er they go.” Then in the early days of choruses we sang, “I have decided …
Getting rescued from Mount Stupid
Holding firmly to one’s beliefs was among the earliest edicts in the faith tradition that nurtured me. That was bad advice. It was built on the false notion that we …